ACADIA 2012 Workshops - Oct 21 San Francisco

These one-day intensive workshops at ACADIA 2012 / CCA San Francisco will provide a platform for students and professionals in the design disciplines to explore cutting-edge technologies in a hands-on workshop setting. The workshops are open to the public.

Register: http://2012.acadia.org/workshops.html
Date: Sunday, Oct 21 (8:30am - 5:30pm)
Workshop Location: CCA San Francisco

01. "ALGORITHMS & MATHEMATICS"

Instructors: Edmund Harriss with David Celento, Brian Lockyear 
Synopsis: This workshop will be collaboratively taught by both mathematicians and architects exploring what happens when "Form Follows Functions". (Grasshopper)

02. "5 AXIS ROBOTIC FABRICATION"

Instructors: Brandon Kruysman and Jonathan Proto (SCI-Arc)  
Synopsis: Instructors will be bringing their 5-axis Staubli TX60L robot up from the SCI-Arc Robot House. They will lead a hands-on workshop focused on its technical and creative applications. (Maya based) 

03. "CASE STUDIES IN PARAMETRIC DESIGN"

Instructors: Andrew Kudless (Matsys) and Andrew Heumann (NBBJ)  
Synopsis: Case Studies in Parametric Design - The use of precedents in the design process has been driven by their transformative potential. (Grasshopper based)

04. "ROBOTIC PROTOTYPES"

Instructors: Michael Shiloh, Ripon DeLeon and Jason Kelly Johnson (Future Cities Lab) 
Synopsis: The Robotic Prototypes workshop will explore the use of Grasshopper, Firefly and Arduino as creative and technical tools in the design, simulation and prototyping of intelligent building skins.

05. "COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN STRATEGIES WITH DESIGNSCRIPT" 

Synopsis: The objective of this workshop is to help participants develop appropriate design strategies using advanced computational tools based on the DesignScript language. 

06. "PYTHON SCRIPTING WITH REVIT / VASARI"

Instructors: Nathan Miller (C.A.S.E.)
Synopsis: The workshop will introduce users to Python-based automation and generative techniques for Conceptual Modeling in Revit and Vasari.

07. "GIS DRIVEN PARAMETRIC DESIGN"

Instructors: Sandoval, Faichney, de Monchaux (UC Berkeley)  
Synopsis: This workshop will introduce a design process that implements Finches and the LocalCode components, a suite of tools for working with GIS data in Rhino/Grasshopper.